Return to the Journey

photo courtesy of http://www.storybreathing.com/

This fall Aaron Becker and Candlewick Press will deliver the conclusion to the gorgeous Journey trilogy.

Remember Journey? It begins with a young girl sitting outside a house with rooms full of people: a sister playing with a tablet, a multitasking mother on the phone and cooking dinner, and a father at work in his office. Though family is home, the girl feels alone.
Can I have a bite?
What are you working on?
Can I have a turn?
...
Alone in her room, when even her cat abandons her, she discovers a red crayon. And draws a door. An escape. Thus begins the journey.

When we meet the girl again she has with her the friends she made on her journey. In Quest the friends set out to collect the crayons needed to free a captive king. He provides them with a map and clues, the rest is up to the friends' imaginations.
Color, action, danger and quick thinking! Gratitude, magic, perseverance and wonder.

Return opens with the same busy father, and the same girl. This time when she returns to her magic world, her father follows! Readers with a sharp eye will enjoy spotting connections to the first two installments.

Books with no words can say so much to us. Perhaps they can say more than books full of words.
What I perceive and what you notice can be wonderfully different.
Beyond enjoying this book alone, consider delving in with one or many children. Writing teachers will see worlds of possibility between the pages. I know I do.
Enjoy!

Pre-order Return, or order any of Becker's other books-signed(!) here.

And be sure to enter below for a chance to win the first two books in the trilogy, Journey and Quest!
Thank you to Candlewick press!

 

Contest closes Tuesday, August 2nd.